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Hey, guys.
I am here with international man of mystery and intrigue.
We call him Phil Coulson on TV, but really,
Clark Gregg, hello, sir.
Hi, Lorraine.
The end of Season 6, the season finale
was crazy bananas.
So much happened.
You know, we've had some bananas finales.
That one's the King banana.
Hot take, King banana.
Yeah.
I have to ask the question, what's
going to happen to Philinda?
We don't have May.
Sarge is gone.
CLARK GREGG: Certainly, the distressing showdown
there where [INAUDIBLE],, who looked
very much like Phil Coulson until he
very much didn't, stabbed her.
But I am personally championing a Melinda May lives movement--
LORRAINE CINK: Yes.
CLARK GREGG: --which I think will take off.
And perhaps we'll see her back in Season 7.
And she will have to contend once again with somebody
who looks like Phil Coulson, but from her point of view
may not be the same as Phil Coulson,
because this is a super advanced, eons
beyond our technology, synthetic being
with Coulson's consciousness from the framework.
And that's such an interesting question,
because how would Coulson feel about this other Coulson
running around living his life, sort of?
He's been very clear that this is not what he wants.
He didn't want any more fiendish sci-fi
methods used to bring him back.
So the first part of Season 7, he's
just trying to make sense of what he is now
and how that can be used to help keep his friends alive.
I guess the genesis of the show had
to do with Coulson's mortality.
And it's really become something at a certain point
that they no longer shied away from.
And it's really this character's essence, at this point,
seems to be about having a difficulty dying.
One of the cool things about this new Coulson,
we'll call him, is that you kind of get to be a superhero.
Coulson gets his super hero moment.
What is it like for you to get to play
a more indestructible Coulson?
It's a great point.
We saw this kind of super villain,
Sarge, who's just relentlessness seemed to be a superpower.
This new super advanced synthetic Coulson
is the closest thing to a superhero
that Coulson's ever been.
And aside from his existential questions
about if this is really him that's alive,
or if he just thinks he's alive, he
definitely gets a kick out of being able to super
protect his friends.
Now, I have to ask, what can you tell us about the beginning
of season 7?
Where are we picking up with our agents?
Well, it's clear that once the time space
continuum is ruptured, the Chronicoms show up,
determined to take Earth.
And they're capable of going back in time.
And suddenly Coulson and the team
are in 1930s New York, trying to stop the Chronicoms from taking
out people who might be important in the development
of S.H.I.E.L.D.
It's an incredible opening of Season 7, this shot
of the Zephyr flying over New York
and then seeing the Empire State Building
very much under construction.
It feels actually like time travel.
It feels like we're in the '30s.
And we might go to some very fun other decades.
It was so great catching up with Clark
when he visited us at Marvel HQ just a couple of months ago.
But what are you most excited to see in Marvel's
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at 10:00 PM on ABC.
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